Bill or letter file



13. H. ISEMINGER; Bill or Letter File.

No. 227,H2.- Patented May 4, I880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL H. ISEMINGER, OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

BILL OR LETTER FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,112, dated May 4,1880.

Application filed October 9, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL H. ISEMINGER, of Bloomington, in the countyof McLean, and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bill or Letter Files; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion thereof,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, making a part of this specification, and inwhich Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved bill andletter file; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section of the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in theclass of paperfiles or temporary binders having unitingwires adapted tobe disconnected to permit of the withdrawal of any papers filed thereon,or the ready insertion of papers between any of those filed thereon,without disturbing the relative order in which the others are placed;and to this end the invention consists, essentially, in the combination,with curved and fixed transfer-wires, of puncturingwires and mechanismwhereby said puncturing-wires are adapted to be automaticallydisconnected from the transfer-wires.

It further consists in the novel construction and combination of parts,all as will be hereinafter fully'described, and specifically pointed outin the claims.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention is mostnearly, connected to make and use the same, I will now proceed todescribe the construction and operation of the several parts.

In the drawings, A represents the base-plate of my improved file; B B,the curved transferwires, rigidly mounted thereon; and O O, thepuncturing-wires, formed of a single piece of wire bent at right angles,as at c 0, and passing through the eyes a a on the base-plate A, thusforming a hinged or pivoted connection for said puncturing-wires withthe base-plate.

The horizontal portion 0' of the puncturingwires is bent to form acrank, 0 which passes through a slot, at, in the base-plate, and rests(when the puncturing wires are connected with the transfer-wires) in agroove, d, formed in a metallic plate, D, secured under the baseplate bya spring, E, secured to the under side of the .base-plate.

The portion d of the plate D extends rearward, and is provided with aright-angular portion, 61 projecting up through a slot, of, in thebase-plate, and forming a thumb-piece, by which the puncturing-wires areadapted to be disconnected from the transfer-wires.

F represents a coiled spring having its projecting ends resting againstor secured, respectively,'to the top side of base-plate and the crank cof the puncturingwires, said spring being so arranged that when pressureis brought to bear on the portion (1 to throw the grooved plate D out ofengagement with the crank c of the puncturing-wires, said wires will beautomatically sprung or thrown back, and thus disconnected from thetransfer-wires, thus permitting of papers being placed on thepuncturing-wires.

A stop, f, on the plate D, against which the crank c strikes, limits theextent of throw or movement of the puncturingwires, and also permittingof said puncturing-wires being thrown back just far enough to form theproper gage for placing the bills or papers thereon, the edges of thebills striking against the transfer-wires in putting them on thepuncturing-wires.

The edges of the free ends of the transfer and puncturing wires arebeveled off, so that when brought together they form a smooth joint,over which the papers can easily pass in being transferred from thepuncturing-wires to the transfer-wires, or vice versa.

The points of the puncturingwires have holes g 9 through them, formingsheaths for protecting the points of the transfer-wires, and alsothrough which threads or cords may be passed for sewing the billstogether.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a bill or letter file, the combination, with the curved and fixedtransfer-wires B B, of the hinged or pivoted puncturing-wires O O, andthe mechanism whereby said puncturingwires are adapted to beautomatically disconnected from the transfer-wires, substantially asand. for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, in a'bill or letter file,

of the slotted base-plate A61, (1?, provided With In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing I the fixed transfer-Wires, the hinged or pivotedhave hereunto set my hand this 13th day of puncturing-wires providedwith the crank 0 September, 1879. the grooved metallic plate D d,provided with 1 DANIEL H. IS EMINGER. the stop f and projectingthumb-piece LP, and Witnesses: I the springs E F, substantially asherein shown THOS. SLAJJE,

and described. 0. G. BRADsHAW.

